Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data

This study developed a new approach to extract geologic information for porphyry copper and epithermal gold exploration in the arid and semi-arid regions using combined satellite remotely sensed data from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Advanced Land Image...

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Main Author:	Beiranvand Pour, Amin
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	G Geography (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32163/5/AminBeiranvandPourPFGHT2012.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.321632017-09-22T12:56:49Z Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data 2012-06 Beiranvand Pour, Amin G Geography (General) This study developed a new approach to extract geologic information for porphyry copper and epithermal gold exploration in the arid and semi-arid regions using combined satellite remotely sensed data from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Advanced Land Imager (ALI) and Hyperion sensors. Two copper mining districts have been selected in southeastern segment of the NW-SE trending Urumieh-Dokhtar Volcanic Belt that is located in the Tethyan Copper Belt of Iran. The performance of the principal component analysis, band ratio and minimum noise fraction methods was evaluated for ASTER and ALI data to enhance vegetation, iron oxide/hydroxide, clay minerals and lithological units. Spectral angle mapper (SAM), linear spectral unmixing (LSU), matched-filtering (MF) and mixture-tuned matched-filtering (MTMF) methods were tested on shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands of ASTER and ALI to distinguish the phyllic, argillic and propylitic alteration zones associated with porphyry copper mineralization. Analytical Imaging and Geophysics (AIG)-Developed hyperspectral analysis processing methods were used for spectral bands covering the SWIR spectral range (2.0 to 2.4 µm) of the Hyperion data for mapping predominant mineral assemblages in hydrothermal alteration zones. A field reconnaissance, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and spectral reflectance measurements were performed to verify the results of the study. It is concluded that the integration of spectral information derived from ASTER, ALI and Hyperion data can produce comprehensive and accurate information for copper and gold resource investigations. This approach has a strictly regional interest to Middle Eastern economic geologists for the reconnaissance stages of exploring high economic-potential copper and gold mineralization zones in the arid and semi-arid regions. 2012-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32163/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32163/5/AminBeiranvandPourPFGHT2012.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language	English
topic	G Geography (General)
spellingShingle	G Geography (General) Beiranvand Pour, Amin Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data
description	This study developed a new approach to extract geologic information for porphyry copper and epithermal gold exploration in the arid and semi-arid regions using combined satellite remotely sensed data from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Advanced Land Imager (ALI) and Hyperion sensors. Two copper mining districts have been selected in southeastern segment of the NW-SE trending Urumieh-Dokhtar Volcanic Belt that is located in the Tethyan Copper Belt of Iran. The performance of the principal component analysis, band ratio and minimum noise fraction methods was evaluated for ASTER and ALI data to enhance vegetation, iron oxide/hydroxide, clay minerals and lithological units. Spectral angle mapper (SAM), linear spectral unmixing (LSU), matched-filtering (MF) and mixture-tuned matched-filtering (MTMF) methods were tested on shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands of ASTER and ALI to distinguish the phyllic, argillic and propylitic alteration zones associated with porphyry copper mineralization. Analytical Imaging and Geophysics (AIG)-Developed hyperspectral analysis processing methods were used for spectral bands covering the SWIR spectral range (2.0 to 2.4 µm) of the Hyperion data for mapping predominant mineral assemblages in hydrothermal alteration zones. A field reconnaissance, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and spectral reflectance measurements were performed to verify the results of the study. It is concluded that the integration of spectral information derived from ASTER, ALI and Hyperion data can produce comprehensive and accurate information for copper and gold resource investigations. This approach has a strictly regional interest to Middle Eastern economic geologists for the reconnaissance stages of exploring high economic-potential copper and gold mineralization zones in the arid and semi-arid regions.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Beiranvand Pour, Amin
author_facet	Beiranvand Pour, Amin
author_sort	Beiranvand Pour, Amin
title	Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data
title_short	Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data
title_full	Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data
title_fullStr	Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data
title_full_unstemmed	Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data
title_sort	identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate
granting_department	Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate
publishDate	2012
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32163/5/AminBeiranvandPourPFGHT2012.pdf
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Identification of hydrothermal alteration zones for porphyry copper and gold exploration using satellite remote sensing data

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